Well – it’s now for sure – iPad Pros from 2017 are as fast as a Macbook 13″ 2core, which means – a fanless low power processor is faster than the smaller of the Pro series – and the graphics power has already exceeded the MBP13″ platform, which means – the A10X ARM processor can replace all smaller Macbooks (12″ and Air) and without any fan, at lower power – as you can see in the benchmarks above.

so – the next thing is to catch up with the 15″ models with 4core processors, which need more power of course and also got fans inside. this means – musicians could love this ARM processor since it does a lot of fast work for synths of any kind no less than a 13″MBP – except it has to be an iOS app or “plugin” – which is about 1 year old. iOS will grow with it’s file access app and better interaction between apps but it is still not as versatile as macOS – since all apps are sandboxed and so they are insulated from each other. well – read more about iOS 11 & High Sierra ..